Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH): Buffer Overflow

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH): Buffer Overflow

Network and information security professionals

Prerequisite
None

Expected Duration
60 minutes

Description
Buffer overflow attacks exploit vulnerabilities in an application due to mishandling of occurrences of data buffers being presented with more data than they were intended to hold. This course looks at buffer overflow attack methodology and tools, and countermeasures. This course is the sixteenth in a series of courses which can used in preparation for the Certified Ethical Hacker 312-50, exam. The course has been developed in partnership with EC-Council and is based on their Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures course materials and labs.

Objective

Buffer Overflow

identify types of buffer overflow

sequence the steps in a buffer overflow attack

sequence the steps for testing for a stack overflow vulnerability

recognize countermeasures against buffer overflow attacks

identify buffer overflow attack methodology and tools, and how to counter them